May 3.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

for the purpose of widening and deepening drains in the Northern Subdivision of the district :
And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section one hundred and fourteen, and it is desired that the term for which the money may be borrowed be twenty years, and the rate of interest payable thereon be not exceeding six per centum per annum :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the term for which the Mangawara Drainage Board may borrow the said sum of two hundred and fifty pounds shall be twenty years, and the rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Mangawara Drainage Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Huntly Town Board in respect of a Loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of meeting a Liability in connection with the Town Hall.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, it is provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law, where a local authority or public body has been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of ratepayers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority or public body may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term, as may be prescribed by the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council;
And whereas the Huntly Town Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds for the purpose of meeting a liability in connection with the Town Hall :
And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section one hundred and fourteen, and it is desired that the rate of interest at which the money may be borrowed be not exceeding six per centum per annum :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Huntly Town Board in respect of the said sum of one thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Huntly Town Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Huntly Town Board in respect of a Loan of £2,560, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of double-sealing Great South Road.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

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been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of ratepayers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority or public body may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council ;
And whereas the Huntly Town Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty pounds for the purpose of double-sealing Great South Road :
And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his preceding consent as required by the above-recited section one hundred and fourteen, and it is desired that the rate of interest at which the money may be borrowed be not exceeding six per centum per annum :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Huntly Town Board in respect of the said sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Huntly Town Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Recreation Reserve in Canterbury Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Canterbury Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be, and the same is hereby, brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter form part of the Okain's Bay Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Okain's Bay Domain Board.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, and being part of Reserve Number 150, situated in Block IV, Okain's Survey District, and bounded as follows : Towards the north-east by Rural Section Number 827, 460 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 625 links; towards the south-west by other part of reserve Number 150, 220 links; and again towards the north-west by a public road along the Okain's Creek, 640 links, approximately. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3384, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Recreation Reserve in Canterbury Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and